Comics and Medicine: That’s Health Literacy, Too. (HLOL #110)

MK Czerwiec is a nurse who makes comics. MK has a Masters degree in medical humanities from Northwestern University, where she developed and teaches a seminar to medical students called “Drawing Medicine.” With Ian Williams, a doctor in the UK who also makes comics, MK co-runs GraphicMedicine.org, a website that looks at the intersection between comics and the discourse of medicine.

In this podcast, MK Czerwiec talks with Helen Osborne about:

How comics use sequential art to tell about health, illness, and medicine.

Why comics are effective and how they transcend differences in culture, language, and educational level.

What listeners can do to find, create, use, and learn more about comics in medicine.